Bilkent University Social Awareness Projects (TDP) volunteers visited Samankaya near Hatay’s Defne district on December 9 and 10. They met with children affected by the earthquake and engaged with them in various activities organized at Samankaya Muti–Zöhre Primary School. The volunteers also helped adults heal wounds left by the earthquake[Read More…]
Campus & Community
Department of Communication and Design Alumni Concert
The Department of Communication and Design celebrated its 25th year with a COMD alumni party on Wednesday, December 13. The event took place at Last Penny, where 450 COMD students and faculty performed live. The Bilkent COMD community gathered to honor the department’s contributions to the field of communication and[Read More…]
Happy New Year from Bilkent News
Dear Bilkent News Readers, The Bilkent News Editorial Board wishes you a healthy and prosperous New Year – may all your dreams and expectations be fulfilled! The next issue of Bilkent News will come out on January 30. Have a happy holiday season, and good luck on your finals!
Bilkent Alumnus Wins ETH Medal
Dr. Ömer Mert Aksoy (EE/’17) has won the ETH Medal award. The ETH Medal is awarded by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich (ETH Zurich) to outstanding master’s and doctoral theses. The number of bestowals is capped to 2.5 percent of master’s theses and eight percent of doctoral[Read More…]
Nobel Day at Bilkent
On December 11, Bilkent University celebrated the 2023 Nobel Prize awards with a symposium. The Nobel Day Symposium, with the theme “Enhancement of Cultures of Creativity,” took place at the Bilkent Concert Hall. Four hundred and fifty high school students from around Turkey attended the event, which aimed to engage[Read More…]
Dr. David Davenport Commemorated
The Department of Computer Engineering has named the B-201 and B-202 computer laboratories in memory of Dr. David Davenport, a faculty member in the Department of Computer Engineering, who passed away in 2021. Dr. Davenport spent countless hours in these laboratories and helped many students with their first programming experiences in[Read More…]
12th Bilkent Tourism Forum: Eclectic Future of Tourism
On December 7, the Department of Tourism and Hotel Management hosted the 12th Bilkent Tourism Forum. This traditional, prestigious and yearly event brings together national and international industry leaders, academics from higher education institutions, corps and students to discuss current issues in tourism. With a theme of the “100th Year[Read More…]
Make a Child Smile
This new year brings an exciting opportunity to make a child smile. Radio Bilkent and K1L0, one of TDP’s suborganizations, are saying “Hearts 1, Leukemia 0” together. Under the umbrella of Social Responsibility Projects (TDP), Radio Bilkent has joined K1L0, a social responsibility project targeting children with leukemia, to fulfill[Read More…]
Turkish Foreign Policy Book by All-women Panel Inspires
On December 5, the Department of International Relations hosted a book talk as a part of the series of events organized to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Turkish Republic. During the event, a book coedited by Prof. Binnur Özkeçeci-Taner and Prof. Sinem Akgül Açıkmeşe, “One Hundred Years of Turkish[Read More…]
Performing Arts Students Premiere New Play, “4 by Tenn”
A new play, “4 by Tenn,” premiered on December 8 in the Faculty of Music and Performing Arts Theater Hall. “4 by Tenn” consisting of “The Pink Bedroom,” “The Lady of Larkspur Lotion,” “Talk to Me Like the Rain and Let Me Listen” and “Mister Paradise,” all short plays written[Read More…]